Description

In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world s second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society.Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China s great transformation is taking place, from Beijing s Silicon district to a cruise down the Three Gorges; he profiles China s dissidents, including Liu Xiaobo, Ai Weiwei and Chen Guangcheng; and explores lesser-known stories of scandals that rocked China but which most people outside that country did not hear about – and which shed troubling light on China s dark heart.Xu Zhiyuan understands his homeland in a way no foreign correspondent ever could. PAPER TIGER is a unique insider s view of China that is measured and brave, ambitious in scope and deeply personal.